LANGUAGE LEARNING STYLES

AND STRATEGIES
 Learning Styles
intersecting continua

Sensory visual Auditory kinesthetic tactile

Preferences

closure-
Personality extraverted vs.
intuitive-random
vs sensing-
thinking vs. oriented/judging
Introverted Feeling vs.
Types sequential
open/perceiving

Desired Degree of Generality

Biological Differences

Beyond the Stylistic Comfort Zone

Assessing L2 Learning Style

 Strategy Use Often Relates
to Style Preferences

Learning Strategies
Conscious Movement
Toward Goals
Cognitive strategies
Positive Outcomes from
Strategy Use
Metacognitive strategies
Strategy Instruction
Research
Memory-related strategies
Six Main Categories of L2
Learning Strategies
Compensatory strategies
Assessing Learners’ Use of
Strategies
Affective strategies

Social strategies
 Assessing Styles
and Strategies
in the L2
Classroom

Preparing for
Implications Attuning L2
Instruction and
and Conducting
L2 Strategy
Instruction
for L2 Strategy
Instruction to
Learners’ Style
Teaching Needs

Remembering
that No Single
L2 Instructional
Methodology
Fits All Students